Tuesday, September 11, 2018

They told me son it's time to tell the truth

The weather cleared up and my last meeting got cancelled, so I went for a lil cruise with LS. He started on the other side of the city and made his way over, documenting spots as he went. Some of them were new to me. Taipei brings a certain joy to skaters that only a new city with hundreds of skate spots can bring. We skated at the three stair park while some dancers danced in the middle. I didn't lose ********s after all. He wants to get better at *****s, so I took him across the street to a starter spot. I like his ability to adapt to street skating - the shitty tiles with deep cracks, pedestrians, scooters, cops, dirt, dogs, cracks on the landing, vampire drain holes on the landing, and general chaos of taipei in the evening pretty much mean if you can do the trick there, you can do it anywhere. He got what he wanted and we moved on. The next spot is a slappy metal ledge that gains height at the ground drops away. He tried the ***** there until he had some knee pain, so we moved again (but not before I finished my 45. Easiest 45 I've ever done). An army of cops were at the black bank, so we passed it for the noodle shop platform. It's a two up - four down manny pad, with the option of going between a pillar and traffic pole. Sort of like the Khyber Pass. Cruising spots is exhausting, and skating in a pair is too, because you never need to wait for your turn. At this point, we went back down the mountain, so to speak.

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